n. [ OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. gīge fiddle, G. geige. Cf. Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
Praised and applauded. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Is't not a fine jig,
A precious cunning, in the late Protector? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or template to work to, as in filing. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig, 6 (a). --
Jig drilling,
Jig filing (Metal Working), a process of drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is directed or limited by a jig. --
Jig saw, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig saw. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jigged p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To sing to the tune of a jig. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To dance a jig; to skip about. [ 1913 Webster ]

You jig, you amble, and you lisp. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A negro, especially an African-American; -- an offensive term usually intended as an ethnic slur. [ vulgar and offensive ]
Syn. -- nigger, spade, coon, nigra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Jiggle. ] To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop. Harper's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ A corrupt. of chigre. ] 1. (Zool.) A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, or Sarcopsylla penetrans, or Pulex penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin; called also jigger flea. See Chigoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and Tetranychus Americanus) of the family Trombiculidae, which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. Also called chigger. [ Southern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ See Jig, n. & v. ] 1. One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pottery) (a) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel. (b) A template or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) (a) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle. Totten. (b) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. [ New Eng. ] (c) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A small glass or measuring vessel holding 11/2 ounces (45 ml), used mostly for measuring liquor or drinking whiskey; also, the quantity of liquid held in a jigger. [ PJC ]

6. A thingamajig. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

Jigger mast. (Naut.) (a) The after mast of a four-masted vessel. (b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawl-rigged boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a person in some way.
Syn. -- trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Mining) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jigging machine. (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a template by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Playful; frisky. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She is never sad, and yet not jiggish. Habington. [ 1913 Webster ]